Arterial hypertension or high blood pressure is increasingly observed in people not only elderly and middle-aged, but also young. If we talk about ways to combat this dangerous manifestation of many diseases, then, along with medication, it is worth remembering alternative methods. Folk remedies for hypertension are widely used to treat hypertension.
Causes of high blood pressure
Before starting treatment, it is worthwhile to understand the causes of the increase in pressure, and also to establish the nature of the disease that caused hypertension. Elevated BP physicians are divided into two groups:
- essential hypertension;
- symptomatic hypertension.
True or essential hypertension arises for unexplained reasons and becomes a lifelong companion, despite constant treatment. Most likely, hypertension of this kind is caused by genes. That is, this disease is determined by heredity. The causes of symptomatic hypertension are:
- kidney disease;
- late toxicosis of pregnant women;
- vascular disease;
- pathological changes in the endocrine system.
I'm glad that the symptomatic high blood pressure can be cured once and for all. It happens that the cause of the problem can be the only narrowed vessel of the kidney. Hence - increased pressure, dizziness, nausea. To eliminate the causes of this type of hypertension requires surgery. But often they get rid of symptomatic hypertension without surgery, curing the disease that caused it.
Symptoms of high blood pressure
Most often, there are cases in which hypertension is asymptomatic, or its symptoms are so greasy that the patient simply does not notice a deterioration in well-being at a sufficiently high blood pressure. This is the most dangerous form of the disease, because an uncontrolled increase in pressure without taking appropriate measures can lead to a different type of hemorrhage, including stroke and heart attack, even at a young age.
- severe headache ;
- redness of the skin;
- nausea;
- vomiting;
- dyspnea;
- pain in the chest.
Headache with increased pressure is associated with increased intracranial pressure. The pain behind the breastbone is explained by the narrowing of the coronary vessels. There are cases when the patient has high blood pressure and low temperature. This symptom can talk about the malfunction of the thymus, adrenal glands or thyroid gland. The decrease in temperature with hypertension is also in the case of neuro-vegetative disorders.
Treatment of hypertension with folk remedies
How to cope with high blood pressure yourself? First of all, you need to take into account several factors that affect the increase in pressure, and try to avoid them:
- strong physical and emotional stress;
- eating a large amount of salt and salty foods, sugar, coffee, black tea;
- bad habits (alcohol, smoking).
Secondly, you need to remember a few things that should become a habit of "hypertonics":
- constant pressure monitoring, pressure measurement even with good health;
- continuous regular medication.
Here's how to normalize high blood pressure with folk remedies:
- Decoction of meadow clover normalizes the pressure. For treatment, you need to dry the clover and brew, like a regular strong tea. Take 100 ml at bedtime.
- One glass of kefir daily will help reduce pressure. In kefir, you need to add 1 tsp. cinnamon.
- Honey with lemon and garlic is an excellent folk remedy for increased blood pressure. To prepare the medicine, grind 1 lemon with skin in 100 g of honey, add 5 cloves of garlic. Infuse the mixture in a warm, dark place for a week.
Take 1 tsp. three times a day. - Crusts and seeds of watermelon to grind and take half a teaspoon 3 times a day for 30 days.
- Beet juice mixed with honey in a 1: 1 ratio, you need to insist in a dark place 3-4 hours and take 1 tbsp. l. 4 times a day.
- The mustard will help with increasing pressure. To put them it is necessary at the moment of deterioration on gastrocnemius muscles and shoulders.
- Neck and shoulder massage with a decoction of mint will help with increased pressure.